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Furies

(Encyclopedia) Furies or ErinyesFuriesērĭnˈē-ēz [key], in Greek and Roman religion and mythology, three daughters of Mother Earth, conceived from the blood of Uranus, when Kronos castrated him. They…

Sexton, Anne

(Encyclopedia) Sexton, Anne (Harvey), 1928–74, American poet, b. Newton, Mass. Educated at Garland Junior College and at Radcliffe, she worked briefly as a fashion model in Boston. Her “confessional…

Mercy

Director/Writer: Richard Shepard Director of Photography: Sarah Cawley Editor: Adam Lichtenstein Music: Rolfe Kent Production Designer: Anne Ross Producers: Rolfe Kent,…

The Koran/Sura XLVIII — The Victory

Sura XLVIII — The Victory Medina — 29 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Verily, We have won for thee an undoubted VICTORY[1177] — In token that God forgiveth thy…

Kyrie eleison

(Encyclopedia) Kyrie eleisonKyrie eleisonkĭrˈēāˌ əlāˈēsŏnˌ, –sən [key] [Gr.,=Lord, have mercy], in the Roman Catholic Church, prayer of the Mass coming after the introit, the only ordinary part of…

Detroit Mercy, University of

(Encyclopedia) Detroit Mercy, University of, at Detroit; coeducational; Jesuit; est. 1877 as a college, inc. 1881, became a university 1911. The present school was formed with the 1990 merger of the…

The Hungry Stones: The Victory

by Rabindranath Tagore The Hungry StonesOnce There Was a KingThe Victory She was the Princess Ajita. And the court poet of King Narayan had never seen her. On the day he recited a new…

The Mercy: Poems

Author: Philip Levine Publisher: Knopf Philip Levine is a poet for people who've forgotten poetry and slipped into the meter and cadence of 9-to-5. Refreshingly narrative, his poems tell…